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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On its transporter, the spacecraft GOES-N travels through the Launch Complex 39 Area at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on its way to Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. At the pad, the spacecraft will be lifted up into the mobile service tower and mated with a Boeing Delta IV rocket for launch. GOES-N is the latest in a series of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites for NOAA and NASA providing continuous monitoring necessary for intensive data analysis. GOES-N is scheduled for launch May 18. Photo credit: NASA/Troy Cryder